Page 129 of Within the Veil

"If we aren't yet, we are about to be. Assuming they pierce our shields," King frowns.

"Xena, go forward and find out what you can. Protect Li'Ella. Cerubus, I know you are here and can hear me, you winged, scaly hidden fucker," I growl, knowing Remi's familiar is around but as always is somewhere in the background being a creep. "Take the sky front, see what's going on that you can see. Oberon, please take to the trees and see what your men know."

Oberon nods and jumps to the nearest branch.

"The Faerie people stole Tarzan, I always wondered what happened after the first movie. Because movie two sucked," one of them mutters behind me. I snort a laugh, moving swiftly.

"I love it when people speak Disney."

Suddenly, the air gets heavy, and the forest goes deathly silent.

Taking a deep breath, I pull out my trust CLIT and ground myself; sending my magic out to sense the fuckery that awaits, and letting my connection to Tir-Ag-Nog fortify me with my surroundings.

I speak clearly, letting the darkness within me leak through clearly, "Listen up you fucking cunts, the moment I get my hands on you, you're going to all wish that you chose to mind your motherfucking business and stayed on your side of the Fae," I feel anger course more acutely through my veins, my magic jumping with glee, "I will personally rip the skin off of your heads, carve open your fucking skulls and feed you back your pea-sized brains. I will be the monster under your bed, keeping you up at night. I know you all hear me with your overgrown ears. One of you run back to your little fake ass leader and let her know that I will not rest until I twist off her titties, and every drop of her blood has been spilled back into the ground like bloody breast milk," I feel my eyes darken, and my breath starts to come out more rapidly.

We managed a few more steps when a dead body fell out of the trees... well, almost dead.

"My queen, Li'Ella," he lets out haggardly, blood dripping from his mouth. "I couldn't stop them. Please." My blood runs cold, fury mounting in my veins, as I peer into his face and recognize his features as an exact replica of the little face we have all grown to love. A replica of the little girl who worships the ground Grayson walked on.

"What did you do?!" My voice doesn't sound like my own. Instead, it is deep, dripping in scorn in anger, and I am heavy with a thirst for blood I haven't felt since I fell in that magic pool back in Delorean. I have a very tenuous control over myself and breathe through the need to destroy everything in my path, so I can get answers.

Seeing him drifting into death, I let my magic have control, keeping him alive while he struggles to speak "I made a careless mistake, and I have brought nothing but death to my family. I thought it could be helpful by feeding the Imposter Queen false information but have failed. Save my little girl."

"Where is Li'Ella now?"

"Outside of boundaries with her mother and a few guards, we thought she would be safe..." I don't bother to wonder what happened to the guards that were supposed to keep her within the damn protection of our magic.

"No, you didn't. You sniveling piece of shit. I will be visiting your fucking soul, and you will tell me everything, for now. You die." I hold him on the ground, and vines snake around his hands and feet. I bring my spear down forcefully, swiping his head from his shoulder--blood splatters across my face and lips. I turned towards my mates, "we need to get back and take everyone with..."

Charlie interrupts, fury coloring her tone as she palms two short swords, "I can create a portal, just picture where we need to be or who we need to be close by, and I can get us there in seconds."

I nod, "Charlie? These fuckers are fast, strong, and ready to kill. You know what that means?" I smile as I project a picture of Li'Ella, and she opens a portal.

"Target practice," she deadpanned, and we all step through.

ChapterTwenty-Three

Hudson

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Fuck this.Fuck that. And Fuck everyone who stands in my way. I jump through the portal and let my magic take control, this isn't a fight Nici wants, but it's a fucking she is going to get. I have had enough. Today she sends someone aftermy child.That is what Li'Ella is. Beyond my duty as Queen, as my children's mate, she is mine. She is ours, just as much as these four inside my stomach are mine.

The infiltrating fucking scum bags jump when they see the portal open and their steps falter momentarily as I let my magic whip through the air. The fury that fills my chest grows beyond comprehension, my skin glowing a bright purple as the children react to the situation.

Don't worry. Everyone here will donate a bone to your crib mobile,I promise them as the first brave Unseelie steps forward. I smile ferally as my spear glows, and I swipe it clean through his chest with a force that cleaves him straight in half, and before his body hits the floor, I follow through with a twist in the air, and bring it down to cleave his neck from his shoulders. In less than two seconds, he's down a torso and a head. Too bad, so sad. What I don't expect is that his body not only disintegrates as it hits the floor, but I feel a jolt of power as my mighty C.L.I.T pulls his spirit from his body.

I shove that into my cranial pocket to dissect later as the Unseelie seem to panic at our arrival, fighting harder in the direction we need to get to Li'Ella. Nope, fuck that.

"Let me explain to you all the ways in which you have me fucked up. Starting with your fucking souls, you pieces of fucking shit," I let my voice carry, sending shock waves of electricity through the sky. Grayson rushes forward and bellows in fury, hacking through several dozen infiltrating assholes, his skin glowing as his scales become more pronounced, his body warring with his nature as he flies through the air and cleaves through everyone in his way as he shouts to Li'Ella. With a nod in my direction, Ryder stays with him, weaving water magic and shoving it down the throats of the enemies, drowning them where they stand.

Oberon and Hunter take to the sky, Oberon's sword leaking shadows through the sky, making the light of the moon disappear. Hunter's fangs elongate, his claws lengthening as he takes to the sky with a feral roar.

King and Zane stay at my back, while Remi stays with Charlie and her mates while they move forward, making sure they know where to go and who to kill. Yes, teamwork makes the murder work.

Yeah, you are all going to fucking die.

I close my eyes and pull the magic of Tir ag Nog close to my soul, reaching out to the very fibers that make up every being within my power and letting it burst forth in an incantation that seems as familiar as it does foreign, I let my voice carry.

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